return of the king

The bidding conference will only announce the No. 1 company that won the bid, and will not disclose information other than the price of other bidders.

So even after the prices were announced again and again, everyone still didn't know which company the bidders who paid these prices came from.

Everyone looked at Zhou Lixi, wondering if he was the miraculous bidder who was one yuan higher, or the unlucky bidder who was one yuan less and the next worst.

They didn't know, but Zhou Lixi and the Secretary-General knew well that their Zhou family must have lost the bid, and it was very likely that they would lose to the bidder who was a dollar higher than them.

The final bidding results were released, and Cao An Enterprise, which won the bid with a difference of one yuan from No.2, won the bid.

What is the concept of a dollar?

They didn’t know how many years they hadn’t seen a one-dollar banknote. Even if there were a hundred 100-yuan bills on the ground, a total of 1 yuan, they would not bend down to pick them up, because it would damage their style.They would not even pick up [-] yuan, but it was precisely this dollar that made Cao An win the bidding.

Now it seems that the one who lost because of one dollar less should be the Zhou family.

In fact, recently there was a rumor in the business world that there was an inner ghost in the Zhou family, and the inner ghost often leaked Zhou's secrets and caused the Zhou family to lose a lot of money.

It now appears that this rumor is not groundless.

The secretary-general stood up and wanted to go to the person in charge for interrogation, but was stopped by Zhou Lixi.

"Do not impulse."

The secretary-general said angrily: "It's definitely a bottom-of-the-box operation, otherwise how could it be one dollar higher than us? It's obviously intentional!"

It must be at least tens of thousands higher, this is clearly humiliating their Zhou family!

After being insulted like this, the Secretary-General, who rarely showed his true emotions in front of outsiders, couldn't help but lose control.

"You are not allowed to make trouble." Zhou Lixi scolded in a low voice.

After a while, the reporters surrounded Andre and Zhou Lixi.

"Mr. An, how did you win by just...a dollar difference?"

When it comes to one dollar, the reporter is also a little speechless, after all, there are too few things that one dollar can buy now.

Zhou Lixi, who was only a few meters away from Andrea, was also questioned by the reporter.

"Mr. Zhou, are you the one who failed to win the bid because one yuan was missing?"

"Sorry, no comment."

The secretary-general stood in front of Zhou Lixi and refused to answer the reporter's questions.

Because of the siege of reporters, the secretary-general regained his serious expression and dealt with it calmly.

The secretary-general made a phone call, and Zhou's security guards who were guarding outside rushed into the venue.

Zhou's security drove away the reporters around Zhou Lixi, surrounded Zhou Lixi and the secretary-general, and sent them away from the venue.

When Zhou Lixi passed by Andre, Andre happened to look at him.

The two looked at each other, each thinking in their hearts.

The corners of Andre's mouth curled up inexplicably, with a half-smile, his face was full of complacency.

The secretary-general secretly clenched his fists, Cao An's president is too arrogant!

He obviously used despicable means to win the bid, but he was so frightened that he dared to bully the Zhou family, how courageous he is! !

As soon as Zhou Lixi arrived on the top floor, the four secretaries who got the news immediately surrounded him.

"How did this happen? How did that bastard do it?!"

"It's too despicable. It's a waste of Mr. Zhou's cooperation with Cao An. He actually let Zhou's embarrassment!"

"If you let me know which bastard helped Cao An, I will definitely beat him up!"

"The matter has spread, we must find a way to save Zhou's face."

Zhou Lixi didn't seem to listen to what the secretaries were saying, he glanced at Cao Zuo who stood aside and said nothing.

Then he walked into the office and didn't answer what the four secretaries said.

The secretary follows.

After entering the office, the secretary-general asked regretfully, "Did the president guess that such a thing would happen?"

Because he guessed that the traitor would leak the price of this bidding, the price he wrote for the first time must be hundreds of thousands higher than what they originally expected.

Zhou Lixi did not answer.

"President, you have already written a new price, why did you write the original forecast and let me put it in the box? If it was the first time you wrote it, we would have caught the other party by surprise now!"

The annual profit of this project is as high as 1000 million, and it is not a problem to spend hundreds of thousands more when bidding, but Zhou Lixi just gave up, leaving the secretary-general confused.

"Ring ring ring~" Zhou Lixi's cell phone rang.

"You go out first." Zhou Lixi drove the secretary-general out.

Zhou Lixi wanted to answer the phone, but the secretary-general could only leave angrily.

It was Jie Rui's call, and Zhou Lixi didn't want to answer it, because he had already guessed what Jie Rui was going to say, and that would be something he didn't want to hear.

But if you don't answer, there is a very high possibility that Jerry will make a fuss on the top floor, so you have to answer.

As soon as the phone was connected, Jie Rui yelled angrily: "Li Xi, is what they said true? Why are you so foolish that you let Andre ruin Zhou's reputation?!"

It is very serious that the company has an insider, because those who cooperate will worry about the leakage of information after the cooperation, so those who plan to cooperate with Zhou will be afraid of this, and may even cancel the contract with Zhou.

Jerry can already guess that Zhou's will face the danger of customers demanding to terminate the contract and the stock market falling in the near future.

"It was an accident." Zhou Lixi said lightly.

Whether he fell into the opponent's trap by accident or on purpose, he knows best.

"Accident? Once or twice is called an accident, but how many times is this this week? The second or the third? It's the eighth time, okay?"

Jie Rui wanted to pry Zhou Lixi's head out to see what he was thinking.

"Jerry, I'll take care of this."

"You will definitely think that this matter has nothing to do with me, so let me not intervene? It has nothing to do with a bird! At the beginning, you said that we must get the winning bid, so we didn't participate in the bidding. Now you not only lost, but also let Cao An Once he is settled in the country, we will all have to give him a piece of the action in the future. Do you dare to say that it has nothing to do with us?!

No matter what method Andrea used to get this bid, whether it was an upright competition or a despicable means, this time he is really well-known in the domestic business circles, and all people in the industry will know how good he is, and now we are looking for him to cooperate There are as many people as crucian carp crossing the river!

He, a foreign company, has entered the domestic market so smoothly, where do you put the face of us domestic leaders? ! "

Jerry scolded viciously.

"Jerry, money is endless."

But there is only one Cao Zuo.

He knew how to turn defeat into victory, and he knew how to win the championship to surprise Andre and Cao Zuo, but if he did so, it would be tantamount to tearing faces with Cao Zuo.

If Cao Zuo knew that he had begun to guard against him, with Cao Zuo's fierceness and his hatred for him, he would definitely not stay by his side again.

He has a lot of money, but if there is no Cao Zuo, it is useless to ask for more money.

This is why Zhou Lixi knew what the outcome would be but pretended not to know that Cao Zuo had read the budget plan of the bidding document and still followed Andre's wishes.

Andre asked for money, as long as he was willing to let Cao Zuo stay by his side, then he would give him money. What can be done with money is not difficult.

"Li Xi? Li Xi... Did you bastard listen to me?"

Zhou Lixi didn't answer all the time, Jerry called his name several times, but he still didn't answer, now Jerry finally confirmed that Zhou Lixi didn't listen to him at all.

What he said just now was in vain, and Zhou Lixi would not give him a chance to say it again.

"Just like that, Jerry, I understand my business, and I know how to do it."

He knew that he loved Cao Zuo, and he wanted Cao Zuo.Since Andre asked, he will give him money, anyway, the Zhou family will not fall because of it.

Zhou Lixi is happy to do such a thing that kills two birds with one stone.

He thinks so, but obviously many people don't agree.

First the secretaries complained, then Jie Rui scolded, and now it was Zhou Lixi's mother's turn to call to inquire.

Zhou Lixi managed to cope with it, but Aihua called and roared again.

After dealing with one after another, Zhou Lixi was almost overwhelmed.

After hanging up Feng Qingsheng's phone call, Zhou Lixi called Weiya.

"Li Xi, it's just in time for you to call. I have something to ask you." Weiya said.

Before Wei Ya asked about today's bidding, Zhou Lixi preemptively stated his purpose.

"Ya, how did you find out about Cao Zuo?"

"Ah... I found a detailed background of Cao Zuo, but I felt that something was wrong. I asked someone to check on the problems I pointed out, and found out a lot of doubts. It is almost certain that this background is forged. , I have asked people to start the investigation again from the beginning, and I believe there will be an answer in the near future.”

Wei Ya doesn't do things that he is not [-]% sure of. He thinks that the information is ghostly, so he didn't give it to Zhou Lixi.

"Well, I'm waiting for your good news. If you have any news, please let me know immediately. I need these materials urgently."

Weiya didn't ask Zhou Lixi why he wanted these materials, anyway, they were Cao Zuo's investigation materials, so they must be related to Cao Zuo.

But Cao Zuo's matter is not very important now, because there are urgent matters to be resolved.

"Li Xi, about the bidding this morning..."

"Ya, many people have asked, my patience is almost worn out, are you going to force me?"

Zhou Lixi's words made Wei Ya shut up.

In fact, Weiya had started calling Zhou Lixi a long time ago, but every time he called, the system would prompt that he was in the middle of the call. He did not expect that he would lose the right to speak if he called late.